James Whitmore Movies

The Challenge

70/100

Gallery, a U.S. commando, and Yuro, an enemy commando, are sent to a no man's Pacific jungle island to capture a crashed U.S. space satellite. Whoever survives, wins. Their nations have agreed to this to avoid war, but they cheat.

Glory! Glory!

73/100

A radio preacher's operation is controlled by his honest but colorless son. When the preacher is promoted into a media superstar by a savvy huckster, the son is left behind.

The Restless Years

66/100

Will Henderson is the new boy at the high school. He befriends outcast Melinda Grant, whose illegitimacy marks her and her unstable mother. As their friendship turns to love, gossip and ... See full summary »

The Great Diamond Robbery

59/100

Ambrose C. Park (Red Skelton), left on a park bench as an infant with an impulsive need to find his parents, is an assistant to a diamond cutter. Shyster lawyer Remlick (James Whitmore), in... See full summary »

If Tomorrow Comes

76/100

A white Californian girl and her new Japanese-American husband must keep their recent marriage secret in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Canterville Ghost

74/100

The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An ... See full summary »

Rage!

71/100

In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt

76/100

James Whitmore gives a rousing performance as Teddy Roosevelt, in a one-man show before a live audience similar to his previous performances in Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975) and Will Rogers' USA (1972).

The Golden Honeymoon

58/100

Charley Tate, a nice enough guy but somewhat of a braggart, takes his wife Lucy on a trip to Florida for their 50th wedding anniversary...

The Young Don't Cry

62/100

A teenager (Sal Mineo) fights to retain his dignity and self-respect against the brutality, sadism and...

Here's to Life!

61/100

Owen is the head administrator of an old age home in Washington. One day, a resident discovers he is cheating on his taxes...

Nobody's Perfect

69/100

This military service comedy chronicles the misadventures of the U.S.S. Bustard in Japan. The crew has stolen a Buddha statue from a Japanese village...

Last Moments

62/100

Giacomino a little boy abandoned by his mother and raised by an alcoholic father. Giacomino is sweet, innocent, hardworking and sadly he is dying. He longs to be reunited with his mother and to go to the circus.

Sky High

72/100

Two midwestern farmboys (Damon Martin, Anthony Rapp) inherit a vintage bi-plane and then learn to fly it from an eccentric former stunt pilot (James Whitmore).

Old Explorers

63/100

Two senior citizens while away the twilight of their lives recreating world explorations and adventures.

Will Rogers' USA

90/100

Mark, I Love You

69/100

Kevin Dobson plays Hal Painter, a distraught widower caught in a bitter custody battle with his late wife's parents over his 10-year-old son, following his plans to remarry and move off to California with the boy.

Zoo Ship

51/100

A spaceship carrying specimens from all over the universe--a sort of alien "Noah's Ark"--crash-lands on Earth.